Trunk.



' PATENTBD APR. 19, 1904.

, J. A. H. VILLMOW.

TRUNK. Arrmoumn rum: JULY 24, 1903.

I0 MODEL.

Patented April 19, 1904.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Joann. n. vILLMow, or MILWAUKEE, wIsooNsIN.

TRUNK.-

SPEGIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,528, dated April 19, 1904.

Application filed July 24, 1903 To all whom it vamp concern: v

Be it known that I, J OHN A. H. VILLMoW, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful improvement in Trunks, of which the following is a description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in trunks, and especially to that class of trunks wherein a' tray is mounted to be elevated simultaneously with the opening'of the trunk.

The object of my invention is to provide a trunk with a plurality of trays mounted to swing into the trunk andso connected with the cover thereof that when said cover is opened the trays are elevated and caused to assume a stepped formation, so that each tray,

as well as the trunk proper, is accessible.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this description, Figure 1 is a transverse section of a trunk, showing the. trays and mountings therefor in end eleva-- tion, the trunk being opened and the trays in their elevated position. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the trunk closed and the trays contained therein, and Fig. 3 is avertical longitudinal section of a portion of the trunk with the cover standing open.

In the drawings, 4 represents the trunle body, having the usual hinged cover 5 and provided on its interior, near the top thereof, with supporting-strips 6, riveted or otherwise secured to the ends of the trunk. Each supporting-strip 6 is provided with a'pair of bellcrank levers 7, pivoted thereto at their angles by rivets 8, which may and preferably do exrespectively, by having their arms 9 pivotedat their ends to the formerand their arms 10 pivoted at their ends to the latter, parallelism of the several corresponding parts being maintained throughout.

The tracks 12 and 13 are L shape in crosssection, with their sides extending upwardly Serial No. 166,791. (No model.)

and inwardly, so that the two tracks 13 form a support for the lower tray 14 when the lower end corners of said tray are seated in said tracks, and the tracks 12 do the same for the upper tray 15. At the rear ends of the tracks 13 are projections or stops 16 to pre' vent the tray 14 sliding backward thereon, and the tracks 12 are provided with similar stops 17 on their forward ends to prevent tray 15 sliding forward thereon.

At each end of the trunk a link 18 is pivoted to the end of the cover by a rivet 19 or otherwise and connects with the upper end of arm 9 of the rear bell-crank lever 7 at that end or the trunk-by beingpivoted', preferably, to the same rivet on which said arm is pivoted to its track 12, such pivot to the cover being at such a distance from the hinge connection of the trunk that when the cover is closed thebell-crank levers 7 are permitted to hangwith their arms 9 in a horizontal position, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, in which position the two trays lie closely together within the. trunk. However, when the cover is opened the bell-crank levers 7 are swung upward by means of links 18 until their arms 9 assume a vertical position when the trays 14 and15'are some distance apart and are both elevated above the level of the trunk-top,

' the tray 15 being held somewhat farther back than tray 14, so that a stepped formation is produced between the trays themselves and the trunk proper, asclearly seen in Fig. 1. The parts when in this position are all accessible, and the contents of the trunk proper and the two trays are exposed to view and no adjustment is necessary to refold them in the trunk, but this is automatically done on closing the trunk-cover. V

The parallelism of .the parts of the bellcrank and track mechanism assures an easy working of the device and also assures the necting the trays to the trunk and controlled by the cover for automatically raising the trays when the cover is opened.

2. A trunk provided with a swinging cover, trays for said trunk, connecting means for the trays and the trunk comprising bell-crank levers whereby the trays are raised when the cover is opened and lowered when the cover is closed.

3. A trunk provided with aswinging cover, trays for said trunk, bell-crank levers connecting the trays to the trunk and controlled by the cover for automatically raising the trays out of the trunk and carrying the uppermost tray to the rear when the cover is opened.

4. A trunk provided with a swinging cover, trays for said trunk, bell-crank levers connecting the trays to the trunk and controlled by the cover for automatically raising the trays out of the trunk and supporting them at different distances from the front edge of the trunk-body.

5. A trunk provided with a swinging cover, trays for said trunk, bell crank levers connecting the trays to the trunk and controlled by the cover for automatically raising the trays out of the trunk and supporting them in a stepped arrangement with relation to the trunk-body.

6. A trunk provided with a swinging cover, trays for said trunk, and means for supporting the trays comprising bell-crank levers having arms of diflerent lengths, said levers being pivoted to the trunk-body and having connection with the cover.

7 A trunk provided with a swinging cover, trays for said trunk, and means for supporting the trays comprising bell-crank levers having arms of different lengths, and tracks carried by the arms of the same length, said levers having connection with the cover.

8. A trunk provided with a swinging cover, trays for said trunk, and means for supporting the trays comprising bell-crank levers having arms of different lengths and parallel angular tracks carried by the arms, said levers having connection with the cover.

9. A trunk provided with a swinging cover, trays for said trunk, and means for supporting the trays comprising bell-crank levers having arms of different lengths, parallel angular tracks carried by the arms, and stops located at the ends of the tracks, said levers having connection with the cover.

10. A trunk provided with a swinging cover, supporting-strips secured in the ends of the trunk, bell-crank levers pivoted to each supporting-strip and having arms of different lengths, parallel angular tracks pivoted to the arms of the bell-crank levers, stops located at the ends of the tracks, and links pivoted to the cover and to the bell-crank levers, said tracks being adapted to have the trays fit therein to be raised and lowered on opening and closing the cover so that when raised the uppermost tray is carried to the rear.

11. A trunk provided with a swinging cover, trays for said trunk, means for supporting the trays comprising bellcrank levers having arms of different lengths, said trays being supported by lever-arms of the same length, and means for connecting said bell-crank levers with the cover. y

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. H. VILLMOl/V.

Witnesses:

ANNA F. SCHMIDTBAUER, R. S. C. CALDWELL. 

